Kurthakan Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 i m a New member. i Live in Turkey. Love stones and minerals. is this stone galena ? i found the rock in seferihisar . Turkey Thanks.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaskaseeker Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 Looks like it Galena is faceted so its easy to distinguish.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff McClendon Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 That is not a very good photo. I only see one area that makes me even remotely think it is galena. Galena breaks (cleaves) in a way that flat surfaces are the result. In the case of galena it is called perfect cubic cleavage so that you should see any broken areas on a piece of galena as flat surfaces unless the piece of galena has been eroded by water or sand. Your specimen appears to have many jagged, rough areas in the unfocused photo that do not appear to be flat surfaces resembling the faces of a cube except in one place. It should produce a lead gray streak on the rough side of a piece of white tile. So, I would not suspect galena. Jeff 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 It’s possibly galena. The photo is too poor to tell really. Also possibly molybdenite 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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